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Buffy 3x04 Full Length Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-09-17 20:40:12
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My scatter brain uploaded this, and forgot to schedule it to post. Couldn't figure out why it wasn't showing up on the home page, when the upload was still sitting open on YouTube 😂

*Please note, this is the uncut reaction, and due to copyright restrictions, requires you to sync your own copy of the episode.

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Buffy 3x04 Full Length Reaction

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Garrick Smalley

My only problem with Xander is he does not seem to learn from his mistakes or get over his jealousy.

Ben

I remember disliking this episode when I was younger but it definitely plays better now with my adult brain. Very excited for the next two episodes though.

Tiefster

I think it's worth pointing out that the show is so commited to telling good werewolf stories that they affirmatively chose to go with this makeup/costume situation rather than forgo wolfy adventures. Budget be damned, we have stories to tell about being damned!

Ben Tiefenthaler

I appreciated what you had to say about abuse, accountability, and rehabilitation. Accountability has definitely been a heavy theme thus far this season. I’m sure it’s a complete coincidence that almost every time we see Faith in this episode, she’s just leaving. I was briefly tempted to compare each character’s particular supernatural nonsense—the thing that causes them to behave in ways they otherwise wouldn’t choose. But that’s sort of the whole point of this show, isn’t it? It tells metaphorical stories about literal truths. So what is the difference between Angel and Oz, on the one hand, and Mr. Hyde on the other? Giles says there are monsters who can be redeemed because they desire redemption, and monsters who are void of humanity. But I don’t think Mr. Hyde is void of humanity. Mr. Hyde is all too human. Giles says the irredeemable cannot respond to reason or love. Mr. Hyde responds to both. He even claims to want redemption when asked. That isn’t the difference. I think it’s actually the counselor who saves the episode’s message. Maybe you’ve loved and lost. It happens to the best of us. The hitch is that you can’t stay lost. Sooner or later, you have to get back to yourself. And if you can’t, love becomes your master and you’re just its dog. Put another way, healing means regaining sovereignty over your own will. If you can’t do that, you’ll never be free. This leads to a truly difficult topic: forgiveness. “Forgiveness is the choice to give up one’s right to resentment, negative judgment, and indifferent behavior toward one who unjustly hurt us, while fostering the undeserved qualities of compassion, generosity, and even love toward him or her.” —Robert D. Enright, Forgiveness Is a Choice (2001) This understanding of forgiveness is about helping victims without releasing abusers from blame. A victim can forgive an abuser while refusing to have anything to do with them ever again. Forgiveness is not the same as reconciliation, restored trust, or renewed access. It is not a way of ending the cycle of abuse. Properly understood, it may be part of a survivor’s healing—but it has to remain the victim’s choice, and it can never be demanded on behalf of the abuser. In my own opinion, criminal punishment is beneficial mainly when it isolates dangerous people from potential victims, deters future offenses, or creates some genuine possibility of rehabilitation. If it does none of those things, it is accomplishing nothing at best. At worst, it is harming people without making the world safer or healthier. Justice should be judged partly by what kind of society it produces, not by whether we remain angry at former criminals. That isn’t satisfying, but individual satisfaction is not necessarily the same thing as justice. Pete needed to be stopped because he would kill or seriously harm someone again if he remained at large. For Angel and Oz, the situation is different. Angel is traumatized and feral after returning from the hell dimension. Oz’s condition is involuntary, and he takes precautions to protect other people. Neither of them is obviously making the same kind of choice Pete is making. Oz doesn’t get that decisive moment in this episode, either. He was going to kill Willow until Faith hit him with a tranquilizer dart. We’re still very far from being done with this particular topic. …Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

ViewMaster

Speaking of horrible people that lose their memory and have a different personality, it reminds me of Stargate SG-1, and the Destroyer of Worlds.

James Gilmore

This is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde episode. Another classic Hollywood monster.

Tristin4857

I could never stand Xander, he is sexist creep from the start of the show to the end, with little character growth.

Tristin4857

The amount of times you said "metaphor" for abuse, and I'm like, there is no metaphor there, as they couldn't state it anymore plane. I hate the term monster of the week. Vampires kill people to survive in the exact same way humans kill animals to survive. killing for food or breeding (praying mantises) purposes is not a monster as it is survival. The only monsters on earth are the ones who kill, torture and maim for fun, humans.

Tristin4857

reminded me of the Jason Bourne series.

ViewMaster

Good reference, but not sure how much it changed his personality, which it might have, but it definitely changed his motivations.

Dan Harris

Admittedly most of my high school years tend to be a blur almost 50 years later, but I'm quite certain that none of the faculty were killed by vampires, werewolves, demons, or other nasty beasties. So exactly how does Sunnydale find positve talking points when interviewing prospective new staff for the school?